Comments on: Alex Ovechkin Featured in the November Issue of GQ Magazine

By: lulu

lulu — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:36:06 +0000

Wow, Slava, you ignorant so-and-so! Only whites make your “beautiful” list, I see
Most people in the world (many, many beautiful ones of BOTH sexes) are not white, and some of them are even in DC!

Sounds to me like Ovie’s been dumped a few times, and needs to get over it. I’d also be much more interested in other REAL differences he noticed between the two cultures….politics, anyone? And, just WHY are Russians so greedy????

By: TBONE

TBONE — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:32:02 +0000

This just in… rich young guys like to get laid. More news at 11.

By: Orkork

Orkork — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:07:28 +0000

Hi. Come on girls… we you know will be defensive because you are receiving the short end of the comparison. But Russian girls > DC Girls. Its not just looks, its attitudes! Girls in DC have it great. Its like being in Afghanistan, there are so many more quality guys than girls that they get to be Kabul princesses.

By: Who Is Hotter? Russian or American Women? | Capitals Outsider

Who Is Hotter? Russian or American Women? | Capitals Outsider — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:21:00 +0000

[...] I’m not breaking any news here – that goes to GQ, and Russian Machine Never Breaks, Reliable Source, and D.C. Steinbog for making it an issue. But I’ll let Caps fans have a [...]

By: Khloe

Khloe — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:38:39 +0000

I had to laugh at that website that was posted with images of Russian women. Sorry, but a lot of the girls in those images were NOT attractive, and most of them had makeup on. It would be pretty easy for me to go around my city (I live in Calgary, Canada) and ask some attractive girls to pose for a picture then put it online claiming my entire nation was beautiful. Get real… Nations cannot be judged by how beautiful they are, there are beautiful and ugly people. I have been to Russia and when I was there I saw was a lot of bad makeup, tacky clothes, and ugly men. Every though I am a woman and am straight I can also appreciate and acknowledge beautiful women. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and Ovie may prefer Russians, but this makes sense since he is Russian. Also I don’t think the way he acts is that “shocking”, he is 25 and in the summer when he goes back to Russia, it’s like spring break for him. Having said that, he needs to think before he speaks.

By: Taz

Taz — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:32:48 +0000

Lesson learned: read the full article before coming to any conclusions (except if Damien Cox is involved). I was stunned after reading the excerpts; call me naïve, so what. But reading the article, I came away with a totally unexpected reaction: wow, he survived. Make no mistake, his tale is one of survival. In spite of the times he lived through growing up, he found his calling and grabbed it with arms and legs, saw what was around him and said, “no thanks.” Describing Moscow as the Chicago of ’29 is an understatement. One of the areas where this article fails is showing him as only a male being lead around by his testosterone. It’s certainly part of him (and let’s be honest, part of his appeal if all those Alexovejtkin bloggers aren’t lying), but we also know he’s much more than that. The things that have endeared him to us up to this point are still there. Too bad GQ stopped at presenting just a titillating tale for their male readership of yet another guy with lots of money to – literally and figuratively – blow on females. Sure, that’s part of him, ridiculous to deny it, but he’s much more complex than that, a hell of a lot more inspiring. So he’s passionate about everything – remember the “stroika” commercial? It’s no lie, and he’s never lied about or tried to hide who he is. He’s young, SINGLE, likes women, is seriously into the clubbing scene. We knew that before this article, the difference is that we now have details of just what that means. While we regret that he provided the details, let’s not lie and deny that many of us wanted a glimpse. Well, now we’ve got one.

He’s enjoying life that he probably couldn’t take for granted when he was growing up. I’m not condoning his rakish ways, but put it in its proper context (including that Moscow IS a different world, and you don’t have to like it) and it at least becomes understandable; he’s still a good person also doing good things with all that money. He isn’t different just because we know more about him. Remember Bill Clinton? DC was so eager to say “it’s none of our business” when our f-ing President turned the Oval Office into his personal bordello, how about giving our Captain a break?

Sincerely,
A degree-holding single American female, not a virgin but also not publicly available, and not overweight

By: nhlfan

nhlfan — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:05:50 +0000

Capsfan this artical has nothing to do with Mr. Crosby but come to think of it if Crosby would of said what Ovi did he’d be criticized by Caps fans like yourself

By: Livia

Livia — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:33:58 +0000

Speaking for myself, the silver lining is that this article is a permanent cure for and a vaccine against hockey-hero worship. The game itself is the important thing.

By: RW_Man

RW_Man — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:12:52 +0000

I have a popular blog on Russian Women and let me tell you something.

Ovechkin is telling it like it is. Go to my images page to see why he is in many ways spot on.

http://russianwomentruth.com/images/

By: CapsFan

CapsFan — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:40:39 +0000

OK, now that I have read the article, I don’t think it’s a hatchet job though Ovi should have been more cautious. The article is really about a rich and famous 25 year old kid who has almost everything he wants. Except the things he wants most – Olympic gold and the Stanley Cup. I feel a little sorry for the guy – as the article shows, he does not have the luxury of saying what he thinks. Every public word has to be guarded. No wonder Semin doesn’t talk much. He’s smart.